Compartment freight car



A. H. SMITH GOMPARTMENT FREIGHT GAR Filed April 28. 1921 cated manipulation, either in lockin Patented Jan. 22, 1924.

STATE FFICE.

ALFRED E. SMITH, 0F CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK.

COMPARTMENT FREIGHT CAR.

Application filed April 28, 1921.

a single car, whereby a container may be filled b the shipper and .transported to the rai road car, loaded on said car and transported to the point of destination and delivered to the consignee intact, is coming into extensive use.

The object of my invention is to'provide a simple, cheap, but effective means for locking said compartments to the car, which does not require special key or any complior unlocking; and with this and other objects in view my invention consists of the parts and combination of parts as willbehereinafter specified.

' In the drawin Figure 1 is a si e elevation of the car with containers mounted thereon, the car and containers bein broken away, with my in- 1 'vention embodied.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end view of Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the container.

The reference numeral 1 designates the side wall of the car provided with a to strengthening or rigidifying angle}. Re erence numeral 3 designates a eight container which consists of top, bottom/side the end walls of approved construction, such as is shown in several of my applications Serial No. 465,347.

movement between the lugs 8 and also being adapted to engage the outer wall of the lugs 8 when in in-operative position, as indicated in dotted lines in the left hand port-ion of Figure 1, so that the dogs may be always in position in which they may be readily grasped by the hand of the operator.

Midway between the end lugs8 I provide a pair of upwardly extending lugs 11 parallel with each other and spaced apart and in alignment with the lugs 8, the adjacent edges of the lugs being inclined as indicated at 12, thereby forming downwardly extending converging guiding faces extending to the seats 13, which guiding surfaces are adapted to guide and center the stubs 4 to the seats 13. Between the center lugs 11 I pivotally mount locking arms 14, which are of such length that they willbridge the seats between the center and the end lugs and extend fora material distance between the end lugs, as clearly shown in Figure 1, so that the end portions of the arms 14 may be readily engaged by the cam dogs 9 and locked in position, as shown in Figure 1, over the stubs 4 of the containers, whereby the containers are securely locked against displacement or material movement on the car.

When it is desired to remove a container from the car it is only necessary to move the dog or pawl 9 to the position shown in dotted lines at, the left hand side of Figure 1, whereupoii the arm 14 may be swung to a position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, thus leaving the stub 4 free to move upward with the container as the container is lifted from the car.

I am aware that certain changes may be' made in the details of construction without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a car, of a series of lading compartments mounted thereon, projections secured to each compartment, and a series of fastening devices secured at the sides of the car adapted to receive said projections thereby locking the compartments to the car; said fastenin devices consisting of a pocket to receive t e projection,

a pawl adapted to bridge the pocket over the projectionand means to lock the pawl in its operativeosition.

2. In a freig t car, a series of lading compartment locking devices secured to the car along its sides, said devices comprising i no , ing members leading to sai a seat for the container,an arm adapted to close the entrance to said seat, and means to lock said arm in its operative position.

3. In a freight car, a plurality of lading locking devices secured to the car along its sides; said devices comprisin a seat, guidseat, an arm adapted to close the entrance to said seat, and means to lock said arm in its operative position.

4:. A device for locking lading compartments to a freight car and adapted to be secured to the car along its sides; said de-" vice consisting of a member having a seat adapted to be engaged by an element secured to the ladingcompartments, an arm pivotally mounted on said member and adapted to swing into operative position transversely of said seat, and a do mounted on said member and adapted to Oak said arm in its operative position.

5. A device for locking lading com artments to a car, comprising a member a aapted to be secured to the car and provi ed with a. seat adapted to receive a projection secured to the lading compartments, an arm.

pivotally mountd on said member adapted to swing into operative position transversely of said seat, and a counter-weighted pawl pivotally mounted on said memberand adapted to engage and lock said arm in its operative position.

6. The combination with a car, of a series of lading holding compartments mounted thereon, disposed stubs secured to each compartment, and a series of fastening devices secured at the sides of the car and adapted to receive said stubs thereby looking the compartments to the car; said fastening devices each consisting of a member having a seat' formed therein adapted to re:

memos ceive a stub on the compartment, inclined guideways leading toward said seat, an arm pivotally mounted on said member and adapted to extend in operative position transversely of said seat over the stub on the compartment, and a counter weighted pawl mounted on said member and adapted to engage and lock said arm in its operative position.

7. A device for locking laden compartments on a railway car, comprisin a cast; ing adapted to be secured at the si e of the car and provided with a plurality of seats, guidewa s leading toward said seats, a plurality 0 arms pivotally mounted on said casting and adapted to project transversely of the seats'when in operative position, and a plurality of locking dogs pivotally mounted on said castings and adapted to engage and lock said arms in their operative position.

8. A device for locking lading compartments on a car and adapted to be secured at the side'of the car; said device consistin each of a base flange, upwardly disposed parallel spaced lugs, at each end thereof, upwardly disposed s aced parallel lugs po sitioned midway of tire end lugs and in line therewith, seats formed transversely of the casting, arms pivotally mounted between said midway positioned lugs and adapted to swing into operative position transversely of said seats, counter-weighted lockin dogs pivotally mounted between said en lugs and adapted to engage and lock said arms in their operative position, and inclined guideways formed on said lugs leading toward said seats.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

ALFRED H. s'rn, 

